A 25-year-old scaffolder who admitted assaulting his pregnant partner after a "Mad Friday" night-out has been ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

Paul Reynolds pleaded guilty to pushing his head against the woman's head during a bust-up at her home in Cotgreen Road, Tweedbank, on December 22, 2017.

Depute fiscal Tessa Bradley told the court the couple had been going out for a year and after moving in together she had fallen pregnant.

She explained how he had gone out socialising for a night-out on what is known locally as "Mad Friday" but had returned home with a torn jumper and a lost bank card.

The fiscal said: "The partner challenged him about the state he came home in and it ended up with him pressing his forehead into her forehead."

The court heard that the disturbance woke up two children aged seven and five in the house and the partner told them to go and seek assistance from her next door neighbour.

The partner then left the house with the children and stayed with the neighbour.

The matter was not reported to the police until the couple had split up some time after the incident.

Defence lawyer Stephanie Clinkscale said that Reynolds aimed to reconcile with his partner.

Reynolds, now living at Ettrick Terrace in Selkirk, was ordered to carry out the 60 hours unpaid work during the course of the next six months.